On the last day of 2008, I decided to use the time between hourly countdowns to do some friendship bracelet marketing for the Plan around the neighbourhood. At the third house I tried, a girl answered the door and, after consulting her sister, purchased a bracelet.
When I returned home and was about to put the money in an envelope, I realised that instead of giving me five one-dollar bills, she had given me four ones and a twenty.
The decision about what to do was simple and straightforward. Of most interest, however, was how I reached it. I asked myself: In a few years, do I really want to tell someone about how I had cast integrity aside in doing something for Évariste, as I have been telling Évariste about how I had cast integrity aside in doing something for Perscheux?
I contemplated this question for a few seconds and concluded: Nah!
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